Stephen Gurewitz
5 titles
Filmography
5 results
Abby Singer/Songwriter
(2015)Jamie Block, a divorced stockbroker has-been who was once an indie-rock star signed to Capitol Records, meets Onur Tukel, a hapless middle-aged filmmaker who has just moved to Brooklyn. In this coming-of-middle-age story, Onur persuades Block to sink his money into a series of increasingly absurd music videos to promote his comeback as a musician. Desperate to impress his two beautiful, nonchalant teenaged daughters, Block casts them in the videos, which then play on multiple screens throughout this hallucinatory film. As tension mounts between director and musician, Block's bank account and grip on reality dwindle. ABBY SINGER/SONGWRITER blends documentary and narrative with the lost art of the music video to tell the story of a comeback, a crack-up, and a breakthrough.

Marvin, Seth and Stanley
(2012)The Greenstein brothers join their father for a weekend trip in rural Minnesota where the threesome of inept outdoorsmen rediscover repressed grudges.
Dramatic Relationships
(2016)Dustin Guy Defa slyly deconstructs the male gaze in a series of scenes that humorously and pointedly reveal the relationship between a male director and his female actors.

The Scary of Sixty-First
(2021)Two roommates' lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

Notes on an Appearance
(2018)David, a young man, has gone missing in New York. Todd and Madeleine, who are searching for him, stumble across the supporters of an elusive political theorist. As they join the company of strangers, the reasons for David’s disappearance will soon become much less preoccupying…